Page 38 of Instinct for Disaster

Nessa grunted as a knot was massaged out of her. “I heard that, too. I obviously haven’t been around him much, but he seemed chipper last night and positively giddy today.”

Cassandra blushed and tried to remain relaxed. “I have no idea what could have happened to change his demeanour.”

Nessa snorted. “You do know you have fingerprints all over your thighs and ass, right? A few on your waist and shoulders.”

Cassandra looked blandly at her. “Your point?”

Nessa laughed. “Nothing. Are you comfortable?”

“Yeah. He did another thing, and now the slight ache of the bruising is the least of my worries.”

Nessa blinked. “What did he do?”

Slow licking across her breasts and down her belly...“It’s personal.” Her skin still tingled at a light touch. Fortunately, the masseuse was no-nonsense. All the moves were strong and weren’t setting off her tingling skin.Stupid nanites.He had embedded them inside and outside. She was wrapped in his custom tech.

Nessa nodded. “Right. Well, I am grateful to the overseer for his generosity.”

“I will let him know.”

The massage continued for another half hour, and when they were both limp, they were bundled up in their robes and walked to the sauna. It was actually just called the hot room.

Cassandra sat back, naked, with her legs stretched out in front of her. Nessa was occasionally staring, as were the other women in the hot area.

“So, he was all over you.”

Cassandra chuckled. “Yes, but he was pacing himself. This was just intense foreplay.”

“Geez.”

“Yeah. It’s okay. I am in training to take all of him. It seems likely.”

“Do I want to know?”

“Probably not.” Cassandra chuckled.

“Are you all right? I mean, he’s a big guy.”

“I am fine. He knows what he is and acts accordingly. Giving me an internal hemorrhage would have made me the shortest-lived consort in history.”

“Oh.” Nessa swallowed. “I somehow hadn’t considered the practicalities of the thing.”

“Well, you were exempted because you were a caregiver. You can expect that a Hmrain will come knocking, so to speak.”

Nessa shrugged. “I will avoid him when he shows up.”

Cassandra chuckled. “Good luck with that. I don’t think I will be allowed to assist you.”

“I don’t remember you needing to be allowed to do anything.”

She let out a sigh from the depths of her soul. “I think I can rest now. Taking care of other people is tiring, and he will make sure that my needs are met while his needs are met, so the rest is just figuring out what is fun on this world. The keffo are great, and I put the acquisition of horses into my contract. If they get along with the keffo, they are going to be another roaming species here.”

“You wrote horses into your contract?”

“Sure. You can put everything into them, and the Hmrain will cross out what he objects to.”

“What can they put into it?”

“Anything. Body mods, preferred dress. Cohabitation regulations. Whatever.”

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